BRIDGES Graduates
Since 1993, over 550 women have completed the sixteen BRIDGES programs. Listed here are some of our graduates. Participants may contact any of the graduates for an inside perspective on the program.
Graduates from BRIDGES 2008
Listed are the graduates from our 2008 program and the institutions they represent.
Appalachian State University
- Janice Pope, Interim Chair, Department of Communication
East Carolina University
- Sharon Ballard, Associate Professor, Department of Child Development and Family Relations
- Judith Hunt, Associate Professor, College of Business
- Toya Jacobs, Director, Office of Campus Involvement for Strategic Planning and Assessment
- Carol Jenkins, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
- Lisa W. Sutton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Personnel Administration
Elizabeth City State University
- Joy Smith, Associate Professor, Walter R. Davis School of Business and Economics
Fayetteville State University
- Leontye L. Lewis, Dean, School of Education
Livingstone College
- Gwendolyn Boyd Peart, Director of Library Services
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- Walthea V. Cobitz, Assistant Dean for Secondary Education, School of Education
- Kenrett Jefferson-Moore, Assistant Professor, Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education
North Carolina Central University
- Cindy Register Love, Director, Student Professional Development Program School of Business
- Tenita Philyaw-Rogers, Director, Evening and Weekend Programs, H.M. Michaux, Jr. School of Education
- Wendy Rountree, Assistant Professor, Department of English
- Tonya Winchester, Associate Director, Career Services
North Carolina State University
- Heidi Grappendorf, Assistant Professor, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Department
- Lisa Johnson, Associate University Architect
- Shannon Johnson, Director, Women’s Center
- Jane L. Lubischer, Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Shaw University
- Carol Bunch, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences
Texas Tech University
- Iris V. Rivero, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Asheville
- Laura Facciponti, Associate Professor, Director of Arts and Ideas Program, Drama Department
- Kathie C. Garbe, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Health and Wellness
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Mary Jane Nirdlinger, Land Use Planner, Facilities Planning
- Alicia Rivero, Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages
- Anna Scheyett, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Social Work
- Cindy Shea, Director, Sustainability Office
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Karina Franco, Faculty Associate for Recruiting and Advising, Lee College of Engineering
- Ann Gonzalez, Associate Chair, Department of Languages and Culture Studies
- Heather McCullough, Director, Language Resource Center, Department of Languages and Culture Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Julia Jackson-Newsom, Director of Research, School of Education
- Paige Hall Smith, Director, Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Education
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
- Amy Helene Kirschke, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
- Melissa Van Kirk, Graduate Degree Program Coordinator, Department of Social Work
Winston-Salem State University
- Leslie Gaynor, Program Director, Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities
- Donna Gwyn Wiggins, Associate Professor of Music, Department of Fine Arts
BRIDGES Graduates from Additional Institutions
Listed here are some additional institutions with BRIDGES graduates.